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Κυριακή 21 Φεβρουαρίου 2010 »»
Βρήκαμε τις προάλλες αυτήν τη λίστα με τα κομμάτια που οι στίχοι τους αναφέρονται στο βιβλίο Η ποίηση του μπλουζ και σκεφτήκαμε να την ανεβάσουμε και στους Αποπειρατές για να υπάρχει …
The Poetry of the Blues is a classic book written by Samuel Charters, in 1963. Its topic is … the blues and their lyrics. It was first printed in Greek in 1982 by Apopeira editions and I have purchased the 1990 edition. It was sitting on my bookshelf for another 19 years before I finally read it. So, I’ve decided to do a list of the songs mentioned, referenced or implied within the book. This has not been an easy task as, in the majority of cases, only some verses are mentioned from each song, without title and sometimes even without the singer’s name.
So, we had to search through several lyrics websites and / or specialized blues websites before we could pinpoint the actual song referenced in the book. In a few cases, this was not possible. As you will learn by reading the book, lyrics are often intermingled, altered and re-used in different blues songs. So, one verse may be found altered, in various degrees, in different variations of the same song or even in completely different songs. Among many sources, the most valuable ones have been the Harry’s Blues Lyrics Online website, Michael Taft’s Pre-war Blues lyrics and the Oxford University’s Blues lyric poetry (an anthology / Michael Taft) files. The first column represents the page of the Greek edition of the book where verses of each song are first mentioned. It should serve as a good indication for any other language edition, I guess. The second column is the title of the song or songs where said verses are found. Here’s the list:
